• Young Adults Outreach Case Manager
• Northern Community Hub - Glenroy
• $ 39.27 - $ 42.25 per hour + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging
• Full time, 38 hours per week with the option to compress hours and receive a monthly RDO.
• Rainbow Tick accredited organisation

About us

VincentCare Victoria is an award winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

About the team

Young Adults Support Services Teams provide a diverse range of integrated programs that provide early intervention and complex case management to young people aged 16-25 at any given time. The service also administers the delivery of 80 private rental brokerage packages across the North/West regions of Melbourne per annum.

About the role

The Private Rental Brokerage position aims to assist young people from the Northern and Western Regions who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to secure and sustain long-term housing in the private rental market. This will be achieved through the provision of flexible financial brokerage packages to complement existing related forms of assistance and support.

The Program will also provide an additional resource to the Young Adult Support Services by holding a small caseload, providing a support and accommodation role to homeless young people aged between 17 to 25 years. In this role, the Private Rental Brokerage Worker aims to assist young people in securing and maintaining affordable housing by addressing unmet needs through an assertive outreach case management process.

About you

You are an appropriately qualified professional with experience in providing comprehensive case management, planning and support to assist clients within a homelessness setting. You have experience in maintaining constructive, empathetic, supportive and respectful working relationships particularly for an integrated service response.

Key Selection Criteria- to be completed with your application

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Social Work, Youth Work, Community Services, Psychology
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills including: computer literacy, budget management and data collection.
• Experience in liaising with other community service organisations for the development of on-going relationships and work practice protocols beneficial to client support
• Experience in working with young people with multiple and complex needs, including those young people with mental health issues as well as demonstrated understanding of, and an ability to implement, case management principles in working with homeless young people
• Full Victorian motor vehicle licence

Why work for us? We offer:

• An opportunity to contribute to an award winning organisation at the cutting edge of LGBTIQ inclusive practice and one that is both safe and culturally
• We are committed to professional development to ensure your career keeps advancing while you're working with us.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation committed to helping others and passionate about informing Social Justice.
• We have some great talent who are happy to share their knowledge and experiences to help you on your way.
• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.

Please submit your CV together with a detailed and separate response to each of the key selection criteria which can be found in the position description below.

Applications close: Please don't delay in submitting your application as applications will be reviewed upon submission.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact Emily Page on 0409549022 on 9304 0144.

A position description is attached.

VincentCare welcomes applications from people from diverse cultural & linguistic backgrounds including people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

All appointments within VincentCare Victoria are subject to satisfactory completion of a police check and character/performance reference checks. Police checks will be undertaken for the selected candidate prior to any job offer being confirmed. Police checks are also undertaken on a periodic basis during the period of employment.

All appointments are subject to disclosure of any relevant employment history of formal disciplinary action for improper or unprofessional conduct taken by current or previous employers or any other integrity body within or outside Australia.

The incumbent for this position must have and maintain a current Victorian Working with Children Check or equivalent.